Most Super Bowl Rings Championship Belt / Ways Mahomes Can Be Historic

I titled the post Championship Belt because I think that's the quickest get, but I am going to consider ties at the top level. So it's really more like joining the top tier than one team owning a belt, if that makes sense. 

ONE

Packers win the first Super Bowl.

TWO

Packers go back to back and set the mark at two rings right away. 

Dolphins join the Two club with wins in VII and VIII.

Steelers join this level with their own back to back in IX and X.

Then Cowboys join the top level at the time with a win in XII to go along with their previous win in VI.

THREE

Steelers win in XIII to have the top level all to themselves.

FOUR

Steelers go back to back again. They're on four and no other team is on three yet. It's 1980.

In 1990, the 49ers join the top level with their 4th ring in nine years.

In 1994, the Cowboys get their 4th ring.

FIVE

In 1995, the 49ers become the first team to win 5 Super Bowls.

The very next year, the Cowboys win again and match them with five.

Steelers get their one for the thumb in XL in 2006. 

SIX

Steelers once again reclaim the top level in 2009.

Patriots join the top level with their sixth trophy in 2019.

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Who's trying to join the Steelers and Patriots at the top?

The Cowboys and 49ers are just one away from tying the Steelers and Patriots with the most rings.

Then the Packers, Chiefs and Giants are all two away. 

The Packers haven't been in the top level since 1979. They got their 4th trophy in 2011 when the top level was already six.

The Giants have never been in the top level. They got their 4th trophy in 2012 when the top level was already six.

The Chiefs have never been in the top level. They got their 4th trophy in 2024 when the top level was already six.

For the bulk of NFL history, the Steelers, Cowboys and 49ers have had a claim as the most successful team. 

Then out of nowhere, Brady wins six for the Patriots vaults them past the Cowboys and 49ers and in the highest level.

While everyone is talking about Mahomes vs Brady, THIS is the chase that I want to focus on. Mahomes only trails the Pats/Steelers by two, instead of trailing Brady by four. Of course, taking the very top level in this category hinges on being the first to seven. Which means not only winning three more, but winning three more before Pats/Steelers get one or Cowboys/49ers get two.

Personally, I think if Mahomes could get three more, and there's a parade where the Chiefs are the only franchise with seven trophies, that's something tangible. 

(Also, notice that the Chiefs have beaten the 49ers twice. Those go the other way and 49ers are on Seven, Chiefs on two.)

GOAT conversations are tricky. Do you go only by rings? People debate Jordan vs LeBron, usually not including Bill Russell in the conversation. Does head-to head or stats matter more?

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There are a few things you can do to be HISTORIC.

1. Go undefeated. Only one team went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. Tom Brady came damn close.

2. Win consecutive championships. Nine teams have gone back-to-back. But only three since the salary cap and free agency began in 1994. No team has ever won three in a row. 

3. Have the most trophies. Right now two franchises are tied for having the most trophies, but only four have ever had a claim to the most trophies since 1980. That number was three until 2019 when New England won #6. I know that meant something.

For Mahomes, going undefeated is technically on the table, but it's also insanely difficult. 

Doing a threepeat? Also insanely difficult, but this is your one chance. If you don't win LIX, it's not going to happen. 

Getting the most trophies? I mean asking a guy to win three more in his career when he's already won three is definitely greedy. But if he plays for 14 more seasons, I feel like the Vegas odds of him getting three more rings would be somewhat close to even odds, like betting on heads or tails. (While the odds of winning LIX are currently like 6-1.)

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As always, I've said that I would be satisfied with winning one Super Bowl. It happened, I got to go to the parade, and it changed my life. 

If Caleb Williams comes into the league and wins 8 of the next 10 Super Bowls, and he becomes the GOAT, good for him and whatever team drafts him. I have no room to complain or whine about anything from here on out.

But I'm also not going to take this greatness for granted. If Mahomes keeps climbing the ladder and keeps racking up incredible achievements, I'll still be here writing it down for posterity and sitting and watching in awe.

In about 2043, Patrick Mahomes will be enshrined in Canton, Ohio and I'd love to be there to hear his speech in person. Everything that happens along the way is gravy.